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Friday, March 13th, 2026 at 7:30pm
Country two step dancing with Five Mile Mountain Road
Hailing from the Moonshine Capital of the World, Five Mile Mountain Road brings a relentless energy and precision to Bluegrass, Western Swing, and old time Country Music!
7:15 pm doors open
7:30-8:00 pm Country two-step lesson with Citabria Phillips
8:00-10:00 pm Live music and dancing
General Admission: $20 (plus $3.18 fee online)
Seniors, Students and Hillside Club Members: $15 (plus $2.85 fee online)
Advance
Tickets Online at Eventbrite
Five Mile Mountain Road is a powerhouse stringband with a fresh but fiery take on hillbilly music. Based out of Franklin County, VA, the band’s lineup features a perfectly selected group of musicians that when combined, create more music out of a few instruments
than one could even imagine.
This concert is sponsored by our members and organized by the Hillside Club Dance Group. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the performance, please email
Nick Lofaro directly. |
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Sunday, March 15th, 2026 at 7:00pm
The Jones/Serper Duo
Michael Jones - violin and Arkady Serper - piano
Doors open at 6:30pm
Event starts at 7:00pm
General Admission: $30 ( plus $3.85 fee online)
Seniors and Students: $25 (plus $3.52 fee online)
Hillside Club Members: $15 (plus $2.85 fee online)
Advance
Tickets Online at Eventbrite
Program:
Corelli/Kreisler - La Folia Variations
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata in E Major, BWV 1016 for violin and klavier
Sergei Rachmaninov - Vocalise (arr. for violin and piano), Op. 34, No. 14
Johannes Brahms - Sonata in G Major, Op. 78, for violin & piano
Béla Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
This concert is sponsored by our members and organized by Bruce Koball. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the performance, please email Bruce Koball
directly. |
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Friday, March 27, 2026, at 7:30pm
Rowing Across the Pacific - A talk with Libby Costello
Doors Open at 7:00pm
Event starts at 7:30pm
Join us at Hillside Club to hear firsthand what it was like to row from California to Hawaii and set a world record while doing so! One of the four members (Libby Costello) of the legendary all-women’s team that left the Bay in June 2022 and landed in Hawaii
34 days later will share exclusive stories, insights, and lessons learned from a life-enhancing journey at sea.
Admission is Free
Advance
Registration Available Online
This lecture is sponsored by our members. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the event, please email the
manager directly. |
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Monday, March 16, 2026 at 7:00pm
Bluegrass Jam
Bring your instruments and your favorite tunes to play or just stop by to hear local players practice together and learn new music.
Doors Open at 7:00 pm
Event starts at 7:00pm
Admission is Free
This event is sponsored by our members. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the event, please email Alec
Oyung directly. |
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7:30pm
Hillside Echoes presents Duo Karolina & Iwo
Classical duo with a program inspired by Eastern European folk music.
Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki is one of the most vibrant and innovative chamber ensembles of the current generation of classical musicians. Recognized by artists such as Krzysztof Penderecki and Maxim Vengerov, in
2024 they have been awarded Poland's most prestigious prize for classical music - the 'Polityka Passport' - with duo being praised for its 'versatility and ability to navigate through diverse musical realms; virtuosity, unbridled imagination, and ingenuity
in selecting and creating new repertoire for the distinctive combination of violin and accordion'.
Doors Open at 7:00 pm
Event starts at 7:30pm
General Admission: $25 (plus $3.52 fee online)
Seniors and Students: $20 (plus $3.18 fee online)
Hillside Club Members: $15 (plus $2.85 fee online) with promo code
Advance
Tickets Online at Eventbrite
Program:
Grażyna Bacewicz - Oberek
Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in G minor „Summer”
Astor Piazzolla - „Summer” from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Ernst Bloch - Nigun
Fritz Kreisler - La Gitana („Tzigane”)
Camille Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
Maurice Ravel - „Tzigane” Concert Rhapsody
This concert is sponsored by our members and organized by Hillside Echoes. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the performance, please email Mari Litsky directly.
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Thursday, March 19th, 2026 at 7pm
In Search of Lost Time, An Old Ethnographic Collection from the New Guinea Highlands. An Illustrated lecture by Dr. Christopher Buckley
Join Dr. Christopher Buckley for a captivating discussion on life in Papua’s remote Baliem Valley. A beautiful new catalog of the collection will be on display and on sale at the event.
Doors Open at 6:30pm
Event starts at 7:00pm
During the 1980s Bud Hampton, a geologist, became interested in the inhabitants of the Baliem Valley on the island of New Guinea, in the remote Pacific. At that time, they had only recently been contacted by the outside world, and were still using stone tools
that they quarried and knapped themselves. Bud assembled a remarkable collection of Baliem valley artifacts, including sacred stones and artifacts made from stone, bone and fiber. The collection lay undisturbed for nearly four decades, until it was gifted
to the Tracing Patterns Foundation of Berkeley in 2020. This talk is the story of how the collection was assembled, how TPF catalogued, photographed and conserved it, and of the remarkable discoveries that we made along the way. It is also the story of our
efforts to repatriate the collection to a new museum in New Guinea.
Admission is free
This lecture is sponsored by our members and the
Tracing Patterns Foundation. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the talk, please email
Dianne Ayres directly. |
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Friday, March 20th, 2026 at 8pm
East Bay Square Dance presents Friday Night Square Dance
Square dancing is for everyone! Join us for a community dance with live old-time music.
Caller Robin Fischer is back in March! Round Top Stringband plays upbeat fiddle tunes. The caller teaches each dance right before we dance it. No partner necessary; no experience necessary. Kids welcome.
Doors open: 7:30 pm
Beginner lesson: 7:45-8:00 pm (arrive early--blink and you'll miss it!)
Square dancing: 8:00-10:00 pm
Wear dance shoes if you have them! No stiletto heels allowed.
$20 general admission
$15 member of Hillside Club or of BACDS
$25 supporter
$6 student or low-income
or pay what you can
We accept cash and venmo at the door.
Advance
tickets available on Eventbrite
(Eventbrite prices: $23.18, $17.85, $28.52, $8.24)
This concert is sponsored by our members and organized by the Hillside Club Dance Group. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the performance, please email
Lindsey Newbold directly. |
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 at 7pm
Tango Practica
Wear dance shoes if you have them! No stiletto heels allowed.
Admission is free.
Advance registration on Eventbrite.
This event is organized by the Hillside Club Dance Group. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer, please email
Lindsey Newbold directly. |
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Monday, March 23rd, 2026 at 1pm
Etude Club of Berkeley holds its monthly meeting including live performances by Club members
Doors open at 12:30pm
Performance begins at 1:00pm
Admission is free but donations to the
Etude Club are appreciated. |
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 7:30pm
Artistic License presents Conserving a Legacy: Exterior Timber Repairs at the Thorsen House.
An Illustrated lecture by Christopher Yerke
Doors Open at 7:00pm
Event starts at 7:30pm
The William R Thorsen House is in a race against time and nature. As the Greene Brothers' ultimate expression of building with visible nature made manifest in its materials, and with its exposed structural elements that are as sculptural as they are functional,
this house has been in a war of attrition with the elements from the very beginning. Last year it became apparent that four posts, supporting two stories above the covered terrace, had significant rot and insect damage at their bases. It was necessary to act
with urgency to address the issue ahead of any future seismic events.
General Admission: $20
Hillside Club Members: $15
Advance
Tickets Available on Zeffy
Christopher Yerke is a General Contractor and founder Restoration Workshop, Ltd., a San Francisco construction firm dedicated to restoration of fine historic homes of any style. A dedicated, old-house mechanic, he works to preserve the legacy of his forbears
in the trades, by designing and crafting thoughtful solutions to fix the ravages of time. Restoration Workshop is dedicated to training future generations in the love of
craft through working apprenticeships.
This lecture is sponsored by our members and Artistic License Guild. If you have questions about the program, or would like to volunteer on the day of the talk, please email Dianne Ayres directly.
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Tai Chi and Chi Gong classes are now indoors for
the winter and spring.
Classes now begin at 8:30am
Please contact Jay for more details at
jjsh...@yahoo.com |
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